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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

241 reviews

klmreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Body horror, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol

isabel_np's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicide and Vomit

wall0w's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

The more I read teen fiction, the more I feel that a key difference between it and adult fiction is just that it's edgier. Hoo boy, is this edgy. This is an edgy fairy tale (source fairy tales often are but y'know what I mean).
The plot twist (despite being increasingly hinted at and then effectively shown) was then told to a character directly which felt entirely unnecessary as it had already been made clear. 
I do appreciate the bond between the sisters and elements of the parent/child relationship but I think it could have been more developed further.
The pacing felt good though and never felt like we were stagnating in the same place for too long, even though in parts the characters literally are.
Overall, it's alright. It is a fun read so if you like edgy fairytale retellings with strong family relationships, give it a shot. Just be prepared for blood and guts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Body horror, Death of parent, Stalking, Suicide, Child death, and Blood

becksus's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I found the repetitive description of scents a bit annoying, and the use of brand names was kinda weird and took me out of the story but all in all a cool idea and an engaging read. The big sisters definitely read like what kids think cool adults are like (the fashion and the punk and the beauty etc etc) but it has to be forgiven since the book is itself aimed at teens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, and Sexual harassment

stressedoutreader's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Stalking, Kidnapping, Body horror, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, and Self harm

elliottcrow's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Body horror, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol

herl0cksh0lmes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Vomit, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

deliak03's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book was so good!  A brief synopsis: three sisters go missing when they’re kids and reappear after a month with no memory of what happened.  Then ten years later, the oldest sister, Grey, goes missing and Iris and Vivi have to find her and figure out what happened to them during the month they were missing.  
It was so hard to put down this book especially when I got to the last 8 or so chapters.  The dark fantasy aspect of it was so intriguing and unlike anything else I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

There is a brief mention of suicide and murder throughout the book, and at times murder is described in detail. There is also body horror, so don’t read this if that is something that deeply disturbs you!

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Stalking, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Child death, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

necroplasm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

GODDD THE DESCRIPTIONS IN THIS ARE SO GOOD. from practically square one the atmosphere is just so intoxicating, shit drew me in so strongly i read almost all of this in a single day which is something i can almost never pull off for books this long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Vomit, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Cursing